From a starting point of the need to return to the concept of imaginaries, this paper first reviews the various contributions to the genealogy of this concept that can be extracted from the social sciences and humanities. The paper then questions the relationship between imaginaries and space, revealing the close articulation between them from the very same conceptualization of imaginaries. Finally, the paper offers a brief review of the various studies of urban imaginaries, providing evidence of the differences between three approaches: the first dedicated to practices, the second representations and the third on the search for the articulation between practices and spatial experiences and lived spaces. Important themes that arise from these three approaches are the loss of the city, the impact of modernity on urban life, the new lifestyles linked to postmodernity and, finally, fear and the lack of security. The conclusions relate to perspectives from multiple disciplinary references, without underestimating the material dimensions of the city.
RESUMENEl crecimiento del turismo urbano obliga a una reconceptualización del mismo. La primera parte del trabajo se orienta a una teorización del turismo desde diversas perspectivas conceptuales: interés en el turista, sus prácticas, su situación como individuo-actante, como productor del espacio turístico, entre otras orientaciones. En la segunda parte se analiza la relación entre el turismo urbano y la gentrifi cación; se establece que la gentrifi cación en los centros históricos de América Latina se debe más a su "turistifi cación" y a las políticas urbanas de los gobiernos locales, que a procesos basados en la acción de individuos gentrifi cadores de clase media. Se concluye reafi rmando la fuerte aunque peculiar relación entre las nuevas modalidades de turismo urbano y la gentrifi cación.Palabras clave: Turismo, gentrifi cación, ciudad. ABSTRACTThe growth of urban tourism requires a reconceptualization of the same. The fi rst part of this essay is oriented to its theorization from various conceptual perspectives: interest in the tourist, their practices, their situation as an acting person, as a producer of the tourism space, are some of the various viewpoints considered. The second part, analyzes the relationship between urban tourism and gentrifi cation; we state that the gentrifi cation of historical downtown neighborhoods in Latin America is more the result of their "turistifi cation" and the urban politics of local governments, than of processes based on the actions of the middle class gentrifiers. The conclusion confi rms the strong but peculiar relationships between new types of urban tourism and gentrifi cation.
Los cambios recientes en las ciudades generan numerosas interpretaciones muy diferentes entre sí. Pocos autores, sin embargo, enfrentan una pregunta fundamental: ¿estamos todavía frente a lo que tradicionalmente se ha llamado "ciudad"? Este artículo se orienta a interrogar la dimensión ontológica de la ciudad. Para ello remite a tres dimensiones: lo laberíntico, lo fortuito y lo fugaz, cuya articulación integra la esencia de lo urbano. No todo lo urbanizado actual responde a este modelo, y es a planteamientos como el de Louis Wirth sobre el modo de vida urbano que convendría remitir, entre otros, para replantear las políticas urbanas.
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